Bidspirit auction | Heal and Son, London- Two

Heal and Son, London- Two 1956 remnants of screen printed cotton 'Nautilus' furnishing fabric in red and white designed by Mary Warren, measuring 9'long x 4'2” wide and 3'long x 3'wide. Location:A1M Of Interest: During the 1950s, Mary Warren designed furnishing fabrics for Heal's Wholesale and Export Ltd. in London. Her work typically comprises of abstract and geometric forms on screen-printed cotton. The title 'Nautilus' comes from the name of a marine mollusc and is also the name of numerous historic ships, which alludes to the pattern suggestive of ship rigging and navigational equipment in this panel.